bear with

Example Sentences

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What if, and bear with me here, the wild gyrations in gold and silver prices are actually telling us something?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

We may be a little rusty, so bear with us.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2026

The fake videos included one in which an old woman fed apples to a bear, and another in which an unarmed high school student fended off a bear with her bare hands.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

It will take a bit of explaining, so please bear with me.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

He had been taking the last of the raspberries and something came inside and stopped him, and when he looked where his ears said to look there was a female bear with cubs.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen